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* {{HMS|Sapphire|1827}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] launched in 1827 and sold in 1864. |
* {{HMS|Sapphire|1827}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] launched in 1827 and sold in 1864. |
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* {{HMS|Sapphire|1874}} was a ''Amethyst'' class wooden screw [[corvette]] launched in 1874 and sold in 1892. |
* {{HMS|Sapphire|1874}} was a ''Amethyst'' class wooden screw [[corvette]] launched in 1874 and sold in 1892. |
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* {{HMS|Sapphire|1904}} was a [[ |
* {{HMS|Sapphire|1904}} was a [[Topaze_class_cruiser_(1903)|''Topaze'' class]] third-class [[protected cruiser]] launched in 1904 and sold for scrap in 1921. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 08:07, 13 February 2011
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sapphire, after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:
- HMS Sapphire (1651) was a 34-gun ship launched in 1651 and run ashore to avoid capture in 1671.
- HMS Sapphire (1675) was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched in 1675 and scuttled by her captain (Capt. Thomas Cleasby) to prevent capture by the French in 1696.
- HMS Sapphire (1708) was a 42-gun fourth rate launched in 1708, hulked in 1740 and sold in 1745.
- HMS Sapphire (1741) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1741. She was reduced to 32 guns in 1756 and had been hulked by 1780. She was sold in 1784,
- HMS Sapphire (1806) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1822.
- HMS Sapphire (1827) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1827 and sold in 1864.
- HMS Sapphire (1874) was a Amethyst class wooden screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1892.
- HMS Sapphire (1904) was a Topaze class third-class protected cruiser launched in 1904 and sold for scrap in 1921.
See also
- HMS Sapphire II was a temporary name for the armoured cruiser HMS Imperieuse while she was a destroyer depot ship between 1905 and 1909.
- HMS Sapphire's Prize was a 10-gun sloop captured in 1745 by HMS Sapphire, and wrecked several months later.